Pipe-clamp.



J. H. WIEST.

PIPE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24.1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 00,, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED E TATEES JOHN HENRY WIESI, OF BOULDER,

WOLOOTT AND THOMAS PATENT OFFICE.

PIPE-CLAMP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN HENRY Wrnsr, residing at Boulder, in the county of Boulder and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe- Clamps, of which the following is a speci'li cation.

My invention-relates to certain new and useful improvements in clamps for rubber hose pipes and the like and in its generic nature, the invention embodies a yoke member having a pair of ring-like sections connected together by a bridge portion and adapted to cooperate with a removable sec tion and a wedge to force the movable section toward the tube and clamp the same.

In its more subordinate nature, the invention embodies certain novel details of con struction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first described in detail, andthen be specifically pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, is a perspective view showing my invention as applied for use. Fig. 2, is a central, cross section of my invention. Fig. 3, is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a detail perspective view of the yoke member. Fig. 5, is a similar view of the removable clamping member.

Referring now to the accompanying d rawings, in which like letters and numerals of reference indicate like parts in all of the figures, 1 designates the yoke member which comprises the bridge portion 1 and the ringlike yokes 1 which are spaced apart as indicatedin Fig. 1, and merge with the bridge portion 1 the inside of the bridge portion being provided with a longitudinal groove 1, as shown and for a purpose which will presently appear.

The removable clamping member 2 comprises a body having a concaved face 2 to engage the tube 3 and on its upper portion the body of the member 2 is provided with a longitudinal lug 2 to fit into the groove 1 of the member 1 the lug 2 being provided with a wedge groove 2 midway its ends and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 24,

Patented April 13, 1909.

1908. Serial No. 429,001.

adapted to aline with the space between the ring-like yoke members 1*. l 2 designates lugs formed with the body l of the member 2, which lugs are adapted to project between the ring-like members 1", as 3 indicated in Fig. 1 and compel longitudinal l displacement of the member 2 when in posi- 1 tion in the member 1. In the practical application of my invention, the hose or tube is threaded through the rings 1 and a wedge 4 is inserted between the member 2 and the bridge portion 1 of the member 1, the wedge being driven in the wedge groove 2 of the member 2, thus forcing the member 2 away from the bridge 1 and causing it to cooperate with the ringlike members 1 and tightly clamp the tube.

My invention has numerous uses to which it may be placed, although it is particularly adapted for clamping rubber tubes onto metal nozzles and the like.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it is thought the complete construction, operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

What I claim is:

l. A. clamp comprising a yoke member consisting of a pair of spaced ring-like members and a bridge member connecting said ring-like members together, said bridge member having a longitudinal groove, a removable clamp member held within said yoke member and having a portion projecting into \said groove, means interposed between the l l I l yoke member and the removable member for forcing the removable member against a tube, said removable member having a wedge groove, and said last named means comprising a wedge insertible in said wedge groove. 2. A clamp comprising a yoke member consisting of a pair of spaced ring-like meml bers and a bridge member connecting said ring-like members together, said bridge member having a longitudinal groove, a removable clamp member held within said yoke member and having a portion projecting into said groove, means interposed between the lugs to enter between the spaced ring memyoke member and the removable member bers of the yoke member.

J1 lOI' lorelng the removable member agalnst a I r 1 l T 7' I Y P1 tube, sald removable member havmg a JOHA HEB IESI" Wedge groove, and stud last named means Witnesses: eompnsmg a wedge msertlble 1n sa1d wedge CHAS. A. vVoLoor'r,

groove, and said removable member having THOMAS S. VJALTEMEYER. 

